Entrepreneurship programme ‘will boost SA’
Nafcoc acting President Gilbert Mosena said early financial literacy for children was important and would boost the economy.
Picture for illustration. Sithenjiwe Masuku, entrepreneur and managing director of T-Legacy Components SA, shows off her products, which include gumboots, conti-suits, gloves, safety boots and reflective vests for mine workers, construction and industrial workers. Picture supplied: dti
The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nafcoc) is waiting for accreditation from the University of South Africa( Unisa) for a newly designed entrepreneurship programme for grade one to seven pupils.
Nafcoc acting President Gilbert Mosena said early financial literacy for children was important and would boost the economy.
He said their programme was designed to instill an entrepreneurial mind-set in children.
“Prioritisation of children to understand business and be business minded would see the country’s economy boosted.
“The country’s inherited education from the apartheid government does not equip learners with enough entrepreneurship skills.
“The study of economics is foreign to them and that needs to be addressed,’’ said Mosena.
He said many children grew up with the employee mind-set and not entrepreneurship, which had led to slow growth in the economy.
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